Golf bag



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Patented' irme sa, reza JAMES H. HARPHAM, OF LINCOLN, NEBRASKA.

GOLF BAG.

Application filed June 1-2, 1922. Serial No. 567,803.

17 call whom t may concern:

Be it known that I, JAMns II. HARPHAM, a citizen of the United States,residing at Lincoln, in the county of Lancaster and. State of Nebraska,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Golf Bags, of whichthe following is a specification.

'Ihis invention relates to improvements in golf bags.

lThe ordinary drical body which is provided with a bottom held in placein a more orless insecure man.- ner and usually not protected againstwear. As a consequence if the bag is dragged over the ground, which isusually done through carelessness7 the bottom soon becomes mutilated andthe bag is rendered unfit for use long before the body thereof hasbecome appreciably worn. Therefore, it is one of the primary objects ofthe present invention to provide a novel construction and arrangement ofthe bottom of such a bag and also means forrprotecting the same fromwear so that even should the bag be carelessly dragged over the groundthe bottom thereof will remain intact, in all probability, until thebody of the bag has become worn to suoli an citent as to substantiallyrender the entire bag unfit for further use. Y c

Also in the ordinary construction of `golf bags stay rods are arrangedwithin the walls of the bag n to stien and strengthen the walls, butlthe ends of said rods are ordinarily left free or, in other words, arenot secured or anchored to the wall and as a consequence they'soon workthrough the bottom of the bag thereby necessitating repairs. Itistherefore a further object of the present invention to provide for theanchorage of the ends of the stayrods in such a manner as to insureagainst the displacev ment of the rods and prevent them working throughthe ends of the bag. In theaccompanying drawings:

Figure l is a perspective view of a golf bag constructed in accordancewith the ,pres` ent invention Fig. 2 is a sectional perspective view indetail illustrating the construction of the ba 'f IFig. 3 is a detailhorizontal sectional view through the bag taken substantially on theline 33 of Fig. 2 looking in a downward direction;

Fig. 4 is a perspective view of one of the stays;

golf bag comprises a cylin-l Fig. 5 is a perspective view of theprotecting rim for the bottom of the bag;

Fig. 6 is a view similar to Fig. 2 illustrating a modified form of theinvention;

Fig. 7 is a fragmentary perspective View K illustrating a modificationof the stay.

The bag embodying the invention comprises a body which is indicatedingeneral by the numeral i and which is of the usual cylindrical form, thewall of the body being indicated by the numeral 2 and the bottom thereofby the numeral 3. In the preferred form of the Yinvention illustrated inthe drawings the wall 2 is preferably formed from leather, a sheet ofthis material being rolled to the required form and its edges beingoverlapped and united by a lacing 4: extending longitudinally of thewall. The wall is preferably provided, 'in this forni of the invention,with a lining 5 of canvas, duck, or any other material suitable forthepurpose, and the upper edge portion of the sheet of leathercomprising the wall 2 is overturned in an inward direction to form a hem6 embracing and securing the upper edge of the lining 5, the hem beingpermanently established preferably by a line ofstitching 7 extendingAcircumferentially of the upper end of the wall. The hem thus formedencloses a reinforcing and anchoring band 8V which is of metal andannular in shape andv preferably formed from a strip of metal, the upperand lower edge portions of which vare overturned upon themselves asindicated by the numeral 9 so as to reinforce the band. i While thisband.

serves asa means for retaining the upper end of the body of the bag inproper shape. it performs another function, which will presently bepointed out. The lower end of the body of the bag is reinforced by anumber of sections l1 in the form of pieces of leather arranged in anannular series about-the inner surface of the wallV 2, their lower edgesbeing in registration with theV lower edge of said wall, and 'theirupper edges being preferably skived, as indicated bythe numeral 12, s0as to prevent them being torn loose when the golf sticks are insertedinto the bag. These reinforcing pieces l1 are united along their upperskived edges to the wall 2 of the bag by lines of stitching 13, and attheir lower edges by lines of stitching 14. rIhe relatively adjacentperpendicular edges of the reinforcing pieces 1l are likewise preferablyskived as indicated by the numeral 15 and are united to the wall 2 bylines of stitching 16, which lines of stitching also secure thelongitudinal edges of strips 17 of leather or other suitable material,which strips between their secured longitudinal or vertical edges aredisconnected from the wall of the body and form stay pockets extendinglongitudinally of the inner surface of the body. At their lower ends thestrips span the spaces between the edges 15 of the reinforcing pieces 11so as to provide well defined pockets 18 for the lower ends of thestays. Before proceeding to a description of the stays, theconstructionand arrangement of the bottom will be pointed out. Thebottom 3 is preferably formed from a circular blank of. stiff leatheras. for example, sole leather and its peripheral portion is overturnedin ado'wnward direction as indicated by the numeral 19. The said bottomis y snugly fitted into the lowerr end of the body 2 of the bag and isunited to the wall of said body by the line of stitching 14C heretoforereferred to, this stitching passing through the overturned peripheralportion 19 of the said bottom. By overturning the peripheral portion ofthe bottom 3 as described, the central or body portion of the bottom isspaced above the lower edge of the wall of the body 2 of the bag so thatits undersurface will not come into direct contact with the ground andwill thus, to a certain extent, be protected from wear.

In order to reinforce4 the lower end of the bag and protect the loweredges of the wall of the body 2, the reinforcing pieces 11, and theoverturned peripheral portion 19 of the bot-tom 3, from wear when thebag is carelessly dragged over the ground surface, a metallic rim,indicated by the numeral 20. is provided. This rim is best illustratedin Eig. 5 of the drawings, and is, generally speaking, of annular formand comprises inner and outer walls 21 and 22 which are concentric toeach other, and a connecting bottom wall 23 preferably rounded at itsjuncture with t-he lower edges of the walls 21 and 22. In other words,the rim may be saidkto consist of an annular channeled body. The rim isfitted to the lower edge portion of the body of the bag which p0rtioncomprises the lower edges of the wall 2.v reinforcing pieces 11, andoverturned peripheral portion 19 of the bottom 3, with this said edgeportion seating within the channel of the rim, thewall 21 of the rimextending' along the inner surface of the overturned peripheral portion19 of the bottom 3. and the wall 22 of the rim extending about the outersurface of the wall of the body 2 at the lower edge of said body. Rivets24: are secured through the walls 21 and 220i"` the rim and through theparts received within -the channel of the rim and serve to permanentlyunite the rim with the body of the bag. At this point it will beunderstood that the rim constitutes not only a reinforcing and formretaining means for the lower end of the bag, but also serves as a mostetlicicnt means for protecting the lower end of the bag from wear whenthe bag is carelessly dragged over the ground surface.

Stays are employed in stiffening and reinforcing the wall of the body ofthe bag and these stays are preferably of the forni shown in Fig. l andare indicated in general by the numeral 25. Each of the stays 25comprises a rod 26 of a suitable length to the ends of which rod areapplied tips 27 preferably clamped thereabout and frictionally heldthereon and having flattened terminals 23 provided with openings 29. Therivets 24. which secure the rim 20 to the lower edge of the bag aresecured through the openings 29 of the tips at the lower ends of thestays 25, and these stays are housed within the pockets provided by thestrips 17. The upper ends of the stays extend between the wall of thebody 2 and the overturned portion 6 of said wall, and the flattenedportions 28 of the tips at the said upper ends of the stays are disposedagainst the band 8, and rivets 30 are secured through these parts andthus anchor the upper ends of the stays. By providing the tips 27 at theends of the rods 26,

the stays are not weakened, as would be the case if they were formed asshown in Fig. 7 in which figure the ends of the rod 26 are il* lustratedas flattened out as at 31 and formed with openings 32 corresponding tothe openings 29; however, the stays may be thus formed if desired.

The form of the invention shown in Fig. 6 of the drawings issubstantially identical with that shown in the other figures, exceptthat in this instance the body of the bag is formed of canvas or duck orsome other heavy cloth material. The bag will be provided witli theusual carrying strap 33, handle 34, and ball case 35, although theseparts do not enter into the present invention.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed as new is: i

1. In a golf bag, a body, a bottom disposed within the lower end of thebody and having an overturned peripheral portion extending about theinner side of the wall of the bodv at said end, reinforcng membersarranged about the inner surface of the wall of the body at said end andhaving their adjacent edges relatively spaced, strips securedlongitudinally to the inner surface of the bodv and at their lower endsspanning the spaces between the edges of adjacent reinforcing members toprovide pockets, stays seated in said pockets and reinforcing the wallof the body, an annular channeled wear member fitted on to and enclosingthe lower end` edge llO portion of the wall of the body, the overturnedperipheral portion of the bottom, and the lower edge portons of thereinforcing members, and securing elements secured through the walls ofthe wear member and through the parts housed within the channel thereofand likewise anchoring the lower ends of the stays.

2. A golf bag comprising a cylindrical body, arcuate reinforcing piecesdisposed against the inner surface of the wall of the body at the lowerportion thereof, the relatively adjacent vertical edges of thereinforcing pieces being spaced, a bottom Within the lower end of thebody having an overturned peripheral portion extending circumferentiallyabout the inner side of the said reinforcing pieces, an annularchanneled wear member litt/ed to the lower end of the body and theoverturned peripheral portion of the bottom and likewise enclosing thelower end port-ions of the reinforcing pieces, pockets secured to theinner side of the wall of the body and extending verticallylongitudinally thereof, the lower portions of the pockets having theiropposite sides united to the said spaced vertical edge portions of thereinforcing pieces and to the wall of the body, and reinforcng rodsseated within the pockets and extending vertically Vof the wall of thebody.

In testimony whereof I aix my signature.

JAMES H. HARPHAM. [L sfl

